{"id":187714266,"date":"2010-12-13T14:51:06","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T14:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=187714266"},"modified":"2010-12-13T14:51:06","modified_gmt":"2010-12-13T14:51:06","slug":"how-to-talk-about-cycling-to-a-conservative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=187714266","title":{"rendered":"How to Talk About Cycling to a Conservative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Some highlights:]<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nA study in one community showed that properties located near bike paths increased in value by 11% more than similar properties not near such facilities.<br \/>\nThe Outdoor Industry Foundation estimates that the bicycling industry supports 1.1 million jobs and generates $17.7 billion in tax revenue each year.<br \/>\nA 3% reduction in traffic can result in a 30% reduction in traffic congestion.<br \/>\nCycling reduces heart disease and other costly health problems \u2013 blunting the need for expensive health care \u2013 regardless of who pays for it.<br \/>\nThe total maximum annual cost of bike commuter credit: less than $75 million even if every existing bicycle commuter got it \u2013 Total subsidies to drivers and transit users: $4.4 billion<br \/>\nCycling generates $133 billion annually in economic activity<br \/>\n$76 billion a year on health care costs related to physical inactivity \u2013 Bike\/Ped infrastructure can reduce this<br \/>\n$164 billion a year on health care costs associated with traffic injuries and deaths \u2013 caused by cars<br \/>\n$64 billion a year on health care costs of asthma and air pollution<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.commutebybike.com\/2010\/12\/11\/how-to-talk-about-cycling-to-a-conservative\/\">https:\/\/www.commutebybike.com\/2010\/12\/11\/how-to-talk-about-cycling-to-a-conservative\/<\/a>oldId.20101213145106374<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Some highlights:] &#8230; A study in one community showed that properties located near bike paths increased in value by 11% more than similar properties not near such facilities. The Outdoor Industry Foundation estimates that the bicycling industry supports 1.1 million jobs and generates $17.7 billion in tax revenue each year. A 3% reduction in traffic &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=187714266\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Talk About Cycling to a Conservative&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187714266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187714266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=187714266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187714266\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187714266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=187714266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=187714266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}